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November 18, 2013 Don't Start a Company with Your Business School Pals By Michael Fertik Enough with the "Cool Kids Start Companies" syndrome.

Collaboration Research: Cubicles Are the Absolute Worst by Sarah Green A new study confirms that we hate our open offices -- and that they don't even help us collaborate. Social enterprise What Problem Will You Own? by Lara Galinsky To change the world, we each need to make a problem ours to solve. Strategic planning What Strategists Can Learn from Architecture by Andrew Campbell Make your strategy process a design process. Managing yourself What Would Make You More Satisfied and Productive at Work? by Tony Schwartz Your quality of life at work matters. Take this assessment to learn where the gaps are. Decision making Making Decisions Together (When You Don't Agree on What's Important) by Sarah Cliffe Collaborative work has built-in tensions. Here's how to resolve them. Customer service When a Company Is No Longer That into You by Sam Ford The consequences of not following through can haunt customer relations. Work life balance 7 Policy Changes America Needs So People Can Work and Have Kids by Stew Friedman New research on Wharton grads highlights a challenge the country as a whole must tackle. Managing people Real Men Go to Sleep by Alan Derickson It's time for the cult of manly wakefulness to end.

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